9:17pm–#Fairfield CT–Police on the way to Galloping Hill Road for a report of shots fired but its fireworks because I’ve been hearing them for about 20 minutes now.
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Shots fired
7:03pm–#Bridgeport CT– A man shot at a man on a bicycle in front of 175 Taft Avenue. No reports of anyone or anything hit.
Motorcyclist and car collide
7:00pm–#Ansonia CT–Motorcyclist and car collide at Ridge Avenue. Unknown injuries. First Responders on the way.
Naked man
2:02pm–#Fairfield CT–#nakedman–Fairfield Police are looking in the Commerce Drive/Halley Street area for a man in his early 30s running around naked. He took his shorts off in front of Connecticut School of Dance and pranced off behind the school.
Police Officer hit by a motorcycle
11:31pmm–#Bridgeport CT–Report of a Bridgeport Police Officer being hit by a motorcycle at the corner of State and Broad Street. The officer may have a broken leg.
Girl shot in the face–UPDATE
9:24pm–#Bridgeport CT–A 17 year old girl was at Hawley Avenue and Ezra Street getting ready to go to a Sweet Sixteen party when an older model four door blue sedan drove by firing shots and hitting her in the face. She was rushed to St. Vincent’s Hospital a couple of blocks away in a private vehicle. Sources tell me she is in guarded condition but it is not know if the injuries are life threatening.
Gas leak indoors
10:50pm–#Bridgeport CT–Don’t go to sleep yet Bridgeport! Gas leak indoors at 191 Harriet Street. Here come a bunch of firetrucks!
Crematory on fire….
A little out of our reporting range, pretty ironic in Westbrook at 706 Horse Hill Rd. Working Structure Fire. Reported to be the Crematory. Cremation is the use of high-temperature burning, vaporization, and oxidation to reduce dead animal or human bodies.
Shooting in Bridgeport
9:24pm– #Bridgeport CT–Report of a woman who was shot at Fairview Ave. and Lindley Street now at St. Vincent’s Hospital. No report of her condition.
Today’s Car Fire
7:38pm–#Fairfield CT–Today’s car fire is in Fairfield at the Duchess Restaurant on the Post Road.